Improvement in coolers for water



' to be a correct description thereof'.

:without the use of an elastic packing and withtion of my said cooler.

- in a, hence the cooler can be lighter by mak commences at or near the middle of the bot- `sel a displaces so much water that it will run GEORGE A. HIGGINS, oF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN COO Specification forming part of Letters Patent No: 122,384

To all Lghom it may concern:

Be' it known that I, GEORGE A. HiGGINs, of the city and State of New York, have invented and made an Improvement in Coolers for Water, &c. 5 and the following is declared Coolers for liquids have been made with a vessel for containing ice inroduced into the liquid to be cooled, but to prevent the liquid to be cooled running in to the vessel containing the ice an elastic'packing has been employed, or else the ice-vessel could not .be entirely submerged.

My invention is made with reference to submerging the ice-vessel in the liquid Vto be cooled out the liquid to be cooled mixing with the water from the ice. I also arrange the water-coolerso that only the coolest water is drawn off and the warmth of the external air and of the water above the ice-vessel has very little influence ,upon the ice itself7 thereby theice will not melt'as rapidly as heretofore.

In the 4drawing I have shown a yvertical sec- The vessel a, for the liquid to be cooled is of suitable size and shape. The external case b and space c, for 'non-conducting material, are as usual but the bottom portion b of said case is enlarged, so as to give a larger` space for the reception of non-conducting material c around the lower part of the vessel c, because the ice is applied to cool the lower part of the liquid ing the non-conducting space c narrower where the water is but little cooled and but little nonconducting material is required. The nonconducting material employed may be of any desired character. The pipe e, to the faucet j',

tom of the vessel a, and rises within the space containing noirconducting material, in order that the faucet f may be sufficiently high to introduce a tumbler under the same; and this is no detriment so far as drawing off. almost all the water from the vessel a, because the ice-vessel introduced at the bottom of the vesfrom the faucet f, when but little remains in LERS FOR WATER, &c.

, dated January 2, 1,872 antedated December 16, 1871.

said vessel c, thereby thev portion of the cooler that' is below the faucet is availed of instead of being useless, asheretofore. The ice-holder or vessel g is made of two cylinders with heads, the vessel g being of a size to allow the vessel h to sit over the same and form for it a cover. The cover IL hence will confine any air that may be within it and the vessel g, so that said air cannot escape when the vessels g and IL are immersed, therefore the liquid in the vessel a cannot get into the vessels g h to mix with the ice or the water thereof. The icevessel Amay be of greater or lessV the one cylinder being within the other they can be slipped more or less. into each other, according to the size of the piece of ice inserted. A catch, k, may be employedto hold the cover h upon the ice-vessel g, and when inserted in the water-cooler the rod l placed diagonally across the cooler with the upper end beneath a catch or depression, at t', serves to hold the ice-vessel down to place, but allow of vsaid ice-vessel descending still further as the water is drawn off.

When this cooler is in use the water around the ice-vessel only is cooled in consequence of beingat the bottom of the liquid; hence there is no loss of ice in keeping any more water cool than is required for immediate use, and as the water is drawn off the same-is cooled progressively as it comes into contact with the ice-vessel.

4W'hen this ice-vessel is applied to cool milk and similar material it is to be allowed to float therein, so as to cool the entire mass for pre! venting injury by the warmth thereof.

I claim as my inventionl. The ice-vessel g with the cylindrical coverh surrounding said vessel g, and retaining the air of the said ice-vessel to prevent the liquid to be cooled passing into the same, as set forth.

2. The vessel. a, made with a surrounding casing b b and inclosing the pipe e, as set forth, so that there is a thicker space for noncondncting material surrounding the lower part of the vessel a, for the purposes set forth.

3. rlhe pipe e passing from the bottom of the vessel a and` up through the non-conducting material .to the faucet f, so that said faucapacity, as

- cet Will be at the necessary height above the Signed by me lohis 29th day' of May, A. D.

bottom of the water-cooler, for the purposes 1871.

set forth. GEORGE A. HIGGINS.

4. The ice-vessel q and cover h, combined with the movable rod, placed diagonally be- Witnesses:

nezmth the catch i, for the purposes and as set CEAS. H. SMITH,

forth. Gno. T. PINCKNEY. (58) 

